I'm so thrilled for Mao, though I wouldn't want to have been in the audience for this painful splatfest. But when I see this many falls in a major competition, my first thought is, how is the ice? These are not children skating: they're experienced competitive skaters--well, except for Gao, who's just breaking in. What is it that made them all lose their mojo at the same time? I'd at least check out the ice. Let's see what the men do on this ice before yelling about how awful women's skating has become. (And I will add that I hope the men are splendid! No one wants to see another demonstration of the law of gravity like this one.)

I'm so thrilled for Mao, though I wouldn't want to have been in the audience for this painful splatfest. But when I see this many falls in a major competition, my first thought is, how is the ice? These are not children skating: they're experienced competitive skaters--well, except for Gao, who's just breaking in. What is it that made them all lose their mojo at the same time? I'd at least check out the ice. Let's see what the men do on this ice before yelling about how awful women's skating has become. (And I will add that I hope the men are splendid! No one wants to see another demonstration of the law of gravity like this one.)

Just saw the protocols, i hope i see the competition soon cause we had internet problems due to bad weather, Liza has very low pcs, lower than what she usually gets, the margin is too huge to cover, otherwise was it a splatfest?

Just saw the protocols, i hope i see the competition soon cause we had internet problems due to bad weather, Liza has very low pcs, lower than what she usually gets, the margin is too huge to cover, otherwise was it a splatfest?

Well, Mao was also good. Otherwise, splats and pops throughout. None of them will beat Yuna if she continues as she skated in the SP at NRW.

Congrats to the medalists! I'm glad Mao overcame her difficuties and won gold, especially considering the fact that before the LP she was considering withdrawing because of her hip injury (and the pain making it difficult for her to skate).

After 6-minute practise, Mao said to Sato "I can't skate" (she got discouraged because of lower back pain.)
Saying "No kidding" and "Try how good you can do under such conditions!", Sato got her fired up.